Blogger’s note: If you’re not familiar with my newly-found record collecting habits, you might want to read this entry first.
Jungle Marmalade (1968) is the second and final album by The Lemon Pipers, a band known for their blend of psychedelic pop and bubblegum rock. Released on Buddah Records, it followed their hit single “Green Tambourine.” The pretty much sounds like you’d imagine — typical of the era, the band’s name, and what’s going happening on the cover. It also marks the end of the band’s brief run.
I had no idea about The Lemon Pipers — let alone Jungle Marmalade — when I picked it off a small stack of records at the Topanga Flea a couple months ago. But I did know about their song “Green Tamborine”. (You probably do, too.) I just didn’t know a band from Oxford, Ohio called The Lemon Pipers sang it. (In addition to “Green Tamborine”, I’ve heard “Jelly Jungle’, too. (You’ve probably heard it, too.))
I paid the dude $4 for Jungle Marmalade — a bargain, according to Discogs. I actually paid him $5, but he didn’t have any singles…and since it was a fairly clean copy, I told him to keep the buck. Which didn’t come off as an arrogant thing to do, but writing this now makes me sound totally dickhole-ish.
I also scored a stack of professional wrestling 8×10 promos from the 50’s at Topanga, which, to me, is way more exciting than a Lemon Pipers record. And since I recently took 5 of my records in to trade at my very favorite record store — The Ghost of Eastside — my record collection now stands at 4 records. But I did walk away with 6 when I left Eastside; I just don’t have time to write about it now. I’m about to take my mom out for a plate of spaghetti.